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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20
BRIGHl"S DISEASE.

Superintendent Dehalb Pauper Home.
Decatur, Ga, May 4, 1856.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-20

Eegcmaus drug store. 2V3 Broadway
:ScgG York, was gutted Monday afternoon
Dv ire -ra water, causing loss Of about
$.5 600. Tic s,Se was caused bya gas leak
which was igniteG % the lamp OF the
plCmbcr.
The New York World pats Wiiso.l gar
re;t on the back for 'impartinS some new
f..a..,,res to a very old play, meaning
..ilanlsStt. 1t was Bill Nye, however,
who tirss dsp.cred the absence Of local gags
il that Immortal psc&Nction.
The fiscal proposals in eoass- g nrepara
ration for the Reichstag arc acw INV %
include the new consumers tax OF brady
aa& sugar, abolishing the tax on raw beet
rco; aia;;2-::al and substituting the tax on
sugar for co2a..sl.G,tlon.
!Advices from s.. 5oi...3, \. f., states
ti:at the schooner which ar:iYoC tf-1rrc Sun
day morning, reports that the sealing Soc2m
G.. Eagle which was reported lost with three
nuneE2II persons on board was taking seals
il u 'liie ;;.,ay, CT March y.
The body OF isr. -n2?rdered girl, found
near Railway, y. J.. si~7cY. 26, and her
clothing were exhibited SuaG4S bout
2.Gc0 persons visited the raorgue, ':he
c::s,,': head was surrounded with cut lowets.
The a;n>l--.raace Of the face has been greatly
improved.
Chicago west Dou.c :..-;:;.s :saVc concluded
:n arrangement with t!i@ aT@1,: Trunk
whereby the Old rates and divisions ,... X:
ted into again. This will give Tie Grand
'l'.,;:.i: ,,ccntrol OF the business unless other
l....e,e:u !,,.>cS ,ield the point lley have been
lighting over.
\ co2voy of 80 o!hce:o - :! .!::;!?'d at
C1aysa for transportation 10 the COWS!
cu,cay of Sagha}ien. They are charged
with i;ei1s: implicated in the plots against
The Czw GEi.S, ere not Nihilists, but are
merely suspected o. be:nCG:.n sympathy With
.hc revolutionary party.
Or. Sewers. Of Washington. who gtaye:y
announced several weeks ago that the Pres
ident wouidn. live long if he died pretty
soon. is staunci. admircr of the head OF
the nation. and hopes that Biz dire prcdic-
ton may not be fulfilled.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-12

back my letter? l did not dare to look
lay there listening so intentiy that
could hear. or fancy | heard, each
soft step taken by the intruder. Then
they stopped; and from the effect of
the Pickering light through my closed
eyelids guessed that the candle was
being raised to throw its light on my
face. Still had self-command enough
to lie quite still and to initiate the long
drawn breathing of sleeping person.
But then my heart seemed to stand
still, for felt the light coming nearer.
and heard the faint sound Of NOV
! ing figure growing palmer, until the
light was flashed within foot of my
face. could not nave moved then. l
was half paraiyzed. Then noticed 8
faint, sickly smell that did not know,
and hand was laid very softly upon
the bedclothes.
| Still did not move. / had formed
= sort of plan in those deadly two min
utes, which seemed like two hours,
when the light was coming nearer and
nearer to my face. The hand crept
softly up. and slipped under the bed
ciothes close to my chin, till it touched
my fingers clutching the little leathern
case. 1t tried to disengage them; but
my clasp of my treasure was like grim
death. Then the hand was softly with
drawn. heard the drawing of .
cork. l smelt the faint smell moro
strongly, and a handkerchief wet with
some sickening. suffocating stuff was
thrown lightly over my face.
| Than I ctortnI ,,,> nth n ob1,,A -.
loud and piercing rs my lungs could
give. tore the handkerchief from my
lace, and confronted Sarah. who drew
back. her dark face livid with anger.
but without uttering a sound. In her
hand she held little bottle. l tried
with spring to dash it from her grasp;
but she was too quick for me. and. with
| q step hack against tho arraan. ohio laid
it out of my reach. Then the screen
fell down with loud crash. My at
tention was distracted from the woman
to it for one moment, and in that mo-
ment she made another spring at my
neck. But then there was q sound out
side which had as many terrors for her
as her own hard voice had for me. 1t
was Mr.. Rayner. calling sharply and
sternly:
Sarah, come out herer'
She started; then her face grew sui
len and she stood like rock before
me. Again Mr.. Rayner called:
Sarah, do you hear mef Come
here!'
| And, as if a spell had been cast upon
her which it was vain for her to fight
against. she went slowly out of the
room, and was left alone.
l sprung from the bed, locked the
door and fell down against it in the
dark and cold in passion of hysterical
sobs that could not restrain. Then
they died away. and felt my limbs
grow numb and stiff; but had not
power to move, and thought must be
dying.
Then heard fall at the bottom Of
the stairs and q woman's cry, and i'm.
mediately after voice outside reused
me.
To be continued.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-12
CHAPTER XII.

l went to my room very quietly for
fear of waking Mona. 1t was a calm
night but as l entered the room my
candle went suddenly out, and l fam
cied heard a slight sound of human
breath blowing it. The room was very
dark for the fire was ont and not a raw
OF moonlight could penetrate the tight
" closed blinds. l WAS somewhat
frightened and began a tilnid search
for the matches on the mantle piece.
and in passing my hand over the vari.
Gus articles thereon | knocked over a
china ornament, which fell into the
fireplace. just as this happened l
heard q noise behind the screen and
turning was in time 70 see the dim out
line OF Inquire pass out of the room
through the still open door. was
faint with fear and could not move for
a few moments. Then searched
further for the matches withou. sue
cess. It was out of the question to
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discovered that the last one, the one
that had come with the cigar box on
that day, was not there. A suspicion
flashed through my mind-Sarah had
taken it!
1t was Sarah then whom 1 had sur
prised in my apartment that evening!
She had taken the letter from my desk
and probably shown it to Mr.. Rayner
on some pretense of having "picked il
up" to prove to him that / was carry
ing on a clandestine correspondence
with Mr.. Laurence Reade, with whose
handwriting he was familiar. wa
annoyed and Disguised beyond meas.
ure. ! could have forgiven her for
every thing but the loss Of my precious
letter. l shed some tears at the loss of il
and wondered whether she would ever
restore it.
Then l went to bed, very tired and
very unhappy; and at last fell asleep
with my hands clasping the note that
Sarah could not get at, which l wore
In the case round my neck.
Perhaps the excitement and the agi-
tation OF the evening had caused nv
sleep to be lighter than usual At any
rate p! was awakened by very slight
noise indeed, so slight that l thought it
must have been the work of nv nerv-
GUS fancy; and my sleepy eyes were
closing again, when suddenly became
conscious that there was light in the
room not that of the rising sun.
Fully awake now, and cold all over
with this new fright. l saw by the flick
ering on the ceiling that the light must
come from candle behind the screen:
! saw that it. was being carried forw ard
into the room. and then closed INV
eyes and pretended to be asleep. My
myers We're still clinging to the little
fase; but they were wet and clammy
with horror. Was it Sarah? What
was she going to do nowa To put
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-12

The Sisters o! st. Peters Hospital
Olympia. wish tn inform the public that
no tickets bu. their own are good ON this
hospital. They wish it to he well under
stood that they have made no combina-
ton with any one outside their own com.
munity. SISTER BENEDICT,
Superioress.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-08-12
New advertisements.
Notice

rs hereby given that, on the 25th day OF
L June. 1887, bought and took posses
sion of the entire outfit Of the Littlejohn
livery Stable, in the Granger building
All the earrings of the business, from
BILE only to me.
Olympia, July Is. 1887. VA
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Strangers In tho City aud. Wheeling Folks


Strangers in tho City aud. Wheeling Folks
Abroad. b..
Hon. N. B. Scott is in New York on q
business trip. Is,
MIR. Will King spent yesterday at his
home in Washington.
Mis- Lon Parker, Of Centre Wheeling, is
visiting friends at, Newark, Ohio.
Hon. G. W. Atkinson was out at Came.
ron Saturday evening, whore he addressed
temperance meeting.
Mr.. Richard Kemp, formerly Of this CITY,
but now located at Washington, Pa. Il
visiting on the South Side.
Mr.. Charles Scott, the we'll known
Wellaburg livery man, was in the city
Saturday, tho guest Of friends. ~
Col. George B. Caldwell left Yesterday
Tor Richie county, to look after some real
estate business Tor An eastern client.
Mr.. Allen L. Sylvester, Of New York,
member Of one Of the largest tobacco arms
in the South, is at the Mcclure house.
Alfred Marks, the vol known engineer,
who has been on the SICK list for some
time past, is able to be about once moro.
Mrs. Prof. ". P. Wiley and her three
cons, OF Moreantown, are in the CITY. The
guests Of her aister-in-law, Mrs. Guy r, @.
Allen. 'f =
Mr.. L. Landser, of Harrison county, O.,
who has been visiting friends on the South
Side for come time past, has returned
home. e.. : s55ET
Mr.. and Mrs. al. Braden, of Washing.
ton, Pa. spent yeateiday here, guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John ". Hall, Mrs. Braden's
parentu. -IlS@
! Mrs. Lloyd Biddlc, Of New Matamoray,
O., who has been visiting friends in the
city tor some time pact, has returned to
W. A, Wilson, Of R. G. Dun L Co., will
lsave on a busineas trip down the river
this evening. Mr.. Walkinahaw, OF tho
Pittsburgh Office, will DO in charge during
bis absence. s..,:
Mr.. G. E. C,cidler, Of Bsltimoxe, is |
again ct the Stamm House. He Is no |
longer With the Baltimore cigar house Of |
lsaacs & Son, having accepted position
with straiton 4 Storm, Of New York.
Miss Minnie Alexander, tho accom-.
plished dang hter Of Hon. Ross ]. Alexan.
der, Of Bridgeport, has been spending
sevsral weeks with Mrs. Grover Cleveland.
at tho White House, has returned homo.
She. reports having had an elegant time
lyIlng her stay in the Capitol City,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
BOOMING.

Butthe Good People d Ont Sc ON to Know It..
Good Word for the Old Town.
Col. Glen Steele, Of Lancaster, O., was
in the city yesterday on his way home
from the Washington county oil field,
where he is largely interested. To au In.
TEILIasScEK reporter ho said; "Your
oily is on the boom, and your people don't
seem to know 1t. You arc putting up new
buildings hero TINT would be crsditsble
anywhere. Your STOKES are showing more
lits than ever before You ara getting
good streets, q new city passenger railway,
three now potteries, have added to your
great induetrisl establishments, are to have
arailroad bridge Of great moment to you
in short, Wheeling Ia showing all the aigns
Of solid boom. You arc in the part OF
the country that never can be excelled for
manufacturing. What do you care ii nat.
ural gas DOESN'T last? You have the coal
in your hills, and that will always anawer
your needs. You have railroads and will
have more. Wheeling hes big present
and Is to hsve bigger future" =.-
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
BISHOP pETERKIN HERE,
He breaches at both Epikcopnl Churohe

Ie breaches at both Episcopal Churo %
and Confirms two Persons.
Right Rev. Bishop PGterkin, OF the Pro-
teatant Episcopal Diocese Of West vir-
ginia, preached in the Episcopal churches
hero yesterday. In the morning be occu-
pied the pulpit in 81. Matthewa Church,
preaching from the words, sam I my
brothers. keeper" In tho afternoon he
delivered en- interesting address to the
children Of the same parish in the Sabbath
school rooms.
Lat evening he preached at st. Luke's
Church, on tho Island, his text being,
"What think ye OF Ch1lst?" Tho sermon
was an able defense OF the power OF the
personal Christ above all eystems upon
the hearts and consciencea OF men, show
ing the superiority Of christianity in the
State End individual. Alter bis sermon
ho confirmed for Rev. Mr.. CAN'T two per.
Sons who were not abloto be present when
the c!asa was confirmed laat Spring by the
Bishop. i.Ls
The congregations at both churches
were excsllent, and tho Bishop's sermons
we're able and practical, and left q good
|imprssaion on those who heard them.
Saturday evening Rev. Dr.. Swope, OF
81. Matthews, gave reception at his resi.
dence on Fourteenth street in honor OF
the Bishop, at which numerous guests OF
his own end other churches mot Bishop
Poterkin, l-0a. :.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
THE CIRCUIT COURT.
"A Number of Motions, Demurrers aud the
" Like argued Saturday

a Number of Motions, Demurrers aud the
Like argued Saturday.
In PartI Of this court Saturday, Judge
Boyd on the bench, in the case of W. Il.
II. showacre va. Frew, Campbell & Hart,
the demurrer to the first and second
counts OF the declaration, and to the declar.
alton as a whole, were overruled, but the
demurrer to the third count Of the declara.
ton was sustained.
In the case Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio
Railroad Company Va. Henry O. Peterman
and another, the motion to discharge the
rul0 was overruled. 'a oa
In tho case Of William L. McAise va.
I. R. Noise, tho motion to set aaide the
verdict was ovorIuled and Judgment en-.
tered.
In appeal, the caso OF Gillespie vs.. ".
Il. Davis and another wua decided in favor
Of Gillespie.
In Part II, Judge Jacob on the bench,
in the case Of R. &. Archibald's guardian
vs. John Bodley, the motion to diBmias
the appeal was argued and submitted.
In the case OF Emma L. Harrla vs.. John
Bodley, and OF Albert Archibald vs.. John
Bodley, the same action was taken.
In the case Of George Giles Va. the Fire
and Marine Insurance Company, the mo-
ton to set aside tho non.Huis was argued
and submitted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
RIYEli NEWS.
Stage of the Water and Movements OF tn,
20 -s.s Boats. -.'ess.. gEsa.i. 81

Stage OF the Wator and Movements OF tho
,.N Boats. q.
The Elaine is this mornings Parkers-
burg packet.
About 100000 buahela OF coal has been
sent out from Pittsburgh on this rise.
The marks last evening indicated adepth
in the ohanne! oil four feet eleven inches,
and the river was stationary.
The following named steamers of the
coal fleet passed down Saturday: Bar.
nard, James Gilmore and Comet.
Tho United States lighthouse steamer
Lily is being placed in readiness at Gin
clnnati to start on tour OF inspection.
The PACIFIC bessed down Saturday with
q tow OF four barges loaded with rails for
the Huntington extension Of the Ohio
River Road. 3g.. 5a'I.s ~,
The Andes was last seen here on the 2S!h
OF last June. She loft hero on that day,
and on reaching Cincinnati went to bank
and has been there ever since. SIS
The Benton McMillin got away for Gin.
clnnati at 8 o'clock Saturday night with a
big trip on board. She was the first boat
to leave for Cincinnati ince last spring.
The Pittsburgh Commercial. Gazette saws:
The Q. W. Bachelor will be Of the docks
within q day or two, and as eoon as re-.
pairs arc completed will take her place in
the Wheeling trade.
Friday night while the South End ferry.
boat, Jesse Berger, was tied up at the
Ohio landing, With no water n'ths boilers.
some person boarded the boat and fred
up tho furnacea, burning the boilers badly.
As soon as there is a coal-boat stage OF
water the Davis Island dam will bo low.
cred, and once down will probably remain
down for tho balance OF the winter. Just
when that coal-boat rise will take place it
is hard to state.
The Andes, Captain Charlie MuhIeman
In command, Ia due to-day from Oinciu.
natl, for which point she will leave on her
return trip tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock. The Andes, as everybody along
the river knows, ia a reliable carrier. Off,
cered by competent and accommodating
gentlemen. Shippers are requested to
havo their goods ready ct IS early an hour
as possible tomorrow.
The Barnard and James Gilmore. Of the
coal fleet, in passing this point SATURDAY..
mot with accidents. The Barnard passed.
first and got through the bad place at the
mouth Of tho creek all right, but struck
the bar st the loot Of the Island when she
grounded come bs,ges OF her tow, The
Gilmore coming down about one hour Ia.
Ter, In attempting to swing by the Bar.
nard's mixed up tow, struck some OF the
loose bargea and lost three Of her own,
fhis wss about 10 O'Clock. The balance Of
he day wan put in by the two crews wash.
ng the grounded bargcs of, which was !
lone about dusk. One barge Is aunk d.
'ectly in the channel and is q dangerous
obstruction. Until removed by the snag.
'oat, pilots should keep sharp lookout
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
Corinno Leaves,

Corinne and her company closed ther
engagement at tho Grand Saturday to two
packed houues. The business kept up
phenomenally to the end, about $1,000
more being taken in than on tho average
successful week at the house, which is q
good deal at the popular prices which
prevail there. The enthusiasm increaaed
IS her engagement drew to close, and
Saturday afternoon and night after the
performance hundreds OF people gathered
along Market street near the stage door
and cheered Ike mad when che came
out. The Corinne company plays at
Harris theatre, Pittsburgh, every altor.
noon and eysning this week. III
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
PRACTICAL RESULTS,
OF MIR. cLEvELAND,s MESSAGE.
His so.calied ''Frankness' hAs nj Immedi.
ate and Serious Eject on tho Farmers
4 Pocksts-wool Buyers called In as
soon Ms tho Message was Received.

President Cleveland's late famous ut
terance on the subjec! OF tho tariff, and
particularly the wool tariff, has had IN
effect "a immediate and serious % did the
presentation In the House at Washing.
ton Of Mr.. Molrlson'u bill TO carry the
same ideas into effect on several memora
Bile occasions. The INrELLloEScKR m.
nounced Saturday thit Mr.. T. E. Booth,
Of Philadelphia, one oil the most extensive
buyers Of wool in this part OF the country,
had called IN all his buyers. On Saturday
Mr.. Albert Troll, Of St. Olalrsvllle, was in
the city. Ho hsn beon buying wool all
over Eastern Ohio for Mr.. Barker, oil
Troy, N. Y. Said Mr.. Troll to an INTxLLr.
oEScER reporter:
II got orders yesterday 10 stop buying.
All MIR. Bakef's buyers were called In.
| am not surprised. Who can blame q
wooden manufacturer for going Glow In
purchases Of American woods? Sec the
factories have enough wool on hand nov
for their present needu. What Is bought
now, ifany was to be bought, would be
for tho run OF tho factory six months o,
more from now. Hore Ia Copgresa com
ing on, with recommendation from Prea'
ident Cleveland to reduce tho tariff on
wool or tako 1t OIL. There seems TO BIO a
general fear that Congress will ut leas,
make the effort to carry bis recon.
mendationD into effect. II foreign wool
at low prices 10 to be let In at o low tariff,
or free, what uao has any manufactured
for homegrown wool at even tho low
prices that have been paid in this section
this season?
" toll you, thore will be mighty little
wool bought hure for good many month";
to come, and it will have to be sold low
too"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
MAJOR CAMPS MEETINGS.
a Son.Parti'an Temperance Society orga.
-#,. Misunderstanding at the Rink, M

-.'. nheu-MootinK NJ the hinks iJf
Major Camps temperance meotinga at
the Capitol rink continue to grow in In.
terest and attendance. There were two
meetings held yesterday at the rink, one
$3.50 p. N. the othe at 1880 P. ~. At both
meetings the attendance was large. The
meeting In the afternoon was opened with
PRAYER by Rev, Dr.. Randolph. Major
Camp spoke for over an hour, and during
the address. when relating Uome pathetic
incident OF the past, many eyes were wet
with tearn. IA IN
The meeting in The evening was 3D.
dressed by Capt. John Bagga and Major
Camp. The former made strong temper.
ance speech, and Was often applauded
during !ta delivery. The latter spoke Tor
over an hour, md wss h. ,ened to asten.
lively by all who heard him. Often the
audience would show its appreciation %
tho speaker would tell q humorous
story, by appliance with their hands.
Among the characteristic utterances
made by Minor Camp yesterday and last
evening were tho following:
The Churchca need to go forward. They
arc tho hoad and centre OF tho forces OF
Almighty God to 70 forth and rescue tho
periehing: Many Of you sing "Stand up
lor Jesus," but you would rather sing
"sit down, alt down, Tor Jesus" wouldn't
your I.
It's funny sight to SEQ q s25 seal akin
sack on a ten cent girl.
A pretty woman'a smilo knocks the
sense out Of man quicker than anything
| know OF. .MNE
A man that drinks liquor 10 bound iol
the paradise OF mud. .4r
You can take comb with fine teeth
and acrnpe THO world up and down and
down and up and you can't ecrape any.
thing but what Ia mean that belongs to
liquor.
1t gives them fictitious value for ev.
erything. have ueen them stand up at
the cornor and say, II an going to buy a
cattle ranch" II cattle ranch was for
sale no could not buy a shovel full OF dirt
II you can't speak good word for the
right Gide just keep mum. There's q time
when silence Is golden. a
Saturday evening non.partiaan tenn.
peranca league WAS organized, with the
following officers and committees: Presi
dent, g. W. Atkinson; Vice-Preaide nts
g. ". Baggs, F. Il. kasley, William
Hastings. William A. Wilson, H. 2. Nc.
Gregor, William Clemmenu, Alex Nor
rlson, Walter Rneheart; Secretary, ]. NJ
Clouston; Treasurer, N. W. Beck; Solicit.
Ing Committee, Hugh Sterling, ]. ". Rich
ards, N. W.! Beck, John Cowl, Isaa,
Stewart, Val. Giesey. J. NJ. Richards Is t.
have full charge Of the music.